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This Wednesday morning, the AI industry is embroiled in dramatic legal battles and facing existential threats, according to multiple reports. Both NBC News and The New York Times confirm that OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman testified this week, detailing how Elon Musk threatened to physically attack him and demanded majority control of OpenAI's proposed for-profit arm in 2017. This testimony comes as Musk sues OpenAI, claiming they abandoned their non-profit mission. MSN adds that another OpenAI co-founder, Ilya Sutskever, also feared physical aggression from Musk during OpenAI's early days. Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is sounding alarms on multiple fronts. The Times of India and Storyboard18 report that Anthropic's new AI model, Mythos, has uncovered tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities, including nearly 300 in Firefox alone. Amodei warns that Chinese AI models are only months behind, giving US institutions a tiny window to patch these critical weaknesses before a potential surge in cyberattacks. In a related development, The Times of India also reports that Anthropic's top engineer, Boris Cherny, claims manual software engineering is dead, with no one at Anthropic writing code by hand anymore. This shift is echoed by Google and Meta, which now rely heavily on AI-generated code. Semafor reveals Anthropic is committing hundreds of billions to Google, Amazon, and Broadcom for cloud services and chips, signaling an unprecedented investment in the AI race. The Straits Times, Seeking Alpha, and AI Magazine all highlight Amodei's stark warning to the software industry: companies refusing to adopt AI risk going "bust." He predicts AI will become as fundamental as cloud computing, transforming the landscape for businesses and consumers alike. Finally, in a chilling turn, the Dayton Daily News reports a man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and threatening OpenAI headquarters has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, claiming a mental health crisis. This means the future of your online security, your job in tech, and even the software you use daily are all being rapidly reshaped by these high-stakes AI developments.